River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-11-17

had lost most OF his wealth by unfortunate
speculation, committed suicide on the 10th
by shooting at Des Moines la
The seventh annual session OF the Ma
tional Farmers Congress commenced in
Chicago on the 10th The president,
Colonel Robert Beverly, of Virginia, deliv-
cred an address
Two WHITE men had. il was reported on
the 18th, been lynched near Shreveport,
La for living with colored women. and a
negro met the same fate for living with a
white woman The people We're determined
TO stop miscegenation.
ESTIMATES made on the 18th for new
lights and repairs TO light houses in Michi-
gan for the next fiscal year foot up $500
900
OFFICER HENRY SMITH. of Chicago, who
has .lst recovered from wounds received at
the Haymarket riot was attacked by an
Anarchist on the 11th, who attempted first
TO choke and then 10 shoot him. The man
was arrested
THE official returns of the recent election
in Ohio received ON the 18th a Republican
plurality of 5S 1852; Democrats, "a, 400;
net Republican, %, 1853. The Senate stands:
Republicans, %; Democrats, IL the House,
Republicans. 81; Democrats, Al
FIRE destroyed the large cotton shed OF
the 11th. with 90, 900 bales OF cotton. Loss,
1925. 600; insurance, $500, 600
AUGUST SPIES. Albert r Parsons, Adolph
Fischer and George Engel, four of the con-
yicted Anarchist cOnspiratOrs who were ad-
judged guilty of the murderOus slaughter of
seven policemen at the Haymarket in Chi
cago ia May, 1856, were hanged in the
county jail at 11:57 clock. on the morning
of the 18th The execution took place in
the presence OF a small assemblage OF peo-
pie and was devoid of sensational Incidents
The men met their fate stoically
SIXTEEN cases of yellow fever were re-
ported on the 18th at Manatee, Fla
RICHARD E WARPLE, the murderer OF
David Corker, was hanged on the 18th at
lafayette. Ore.
TIE convention of the American Public
Health Association at Memphis, Tenn, came
TO an end on the 18th. DR.. Charles ~ Hew-
lit. of Red Wing, Mimi, was elected presi-
dent
THE funeral of August Spies. Albert r
Parsons, Louis Lingg, Adolph Fischer and
George Engel, the dead Chicago Anarchists,
occurred on the 18th 1t was the occa-
sion for large gathering of their friends
and sympathizers, but the event passed of
very quietly The bodies We're taken from
their homes and procession was formed
TO the depot, where all who wished took
trains for the cemetery. Speeches were
delivered, after which the bodies. were placed
in a vault
AT Seyeor Station, Md, the house of Ste
ven Culver was burned on the 10Th, and
Culver, with his two children. was burned
TO death while endeavor.ng TO escape from
the building
FIEIDEN and Schwab, the Chicago An
archists whose death sentences were COM
muted to life Imprisonment by Governor
Oglesby, We're taken toJOliet on the 18th
Before leaving the Jail they were accorded
interviews with their families and friends.
The convention OF the Farmers National
Association came to an end in Chicago on
the 12th r NJ Kolb, of Eufala, Ala, was
elected president
REPORTS were received on the 18th of the
marriage at Elkhart. Ind, on the 9TH, of
Clara Louise Kellogg to Carl Strakosoh, her
manager
AT AverilI. Mimi, freight trains collided
on the 18th and FIVE laborers were killed
Mr. KELLEY, of Des Moines, Ia. accdently
shot his wife on the 18th in trying to drive
a number of bad boys away from his house
A CONSOLIDATION of the Springfield &
Western and the Indiana & Western railway
companies was effected on the 10Th under
the name of the Ohio, Indiana & Western
Railway Company.
AT st. Peter, MINI, the business portion
of the town was destroyed by fire on the
18th Loss, 100000
President JOHN FITZGERALD. Of the Irish
National League of America, on the 10Th
issued special call to the wealthy class OF
the Irish race in America for a generous
effort in aid of the Irish cause
AT Tampa, Fla, seven new cases of yell
low fever were reported on the 18th